Air & Space Magazine: January 2003
Features
In Search of the Real Wright Flyer
Building a replica of the first airplane requires a certain resourcefulness. Anybody got any horsehide glue?
By Phaedra Hise
White Elephant
How the Soviet Buran space shuttle helped the United States win the cold war.
By Tom Harpole
Restoration: Going the Distance
The ninth life of a PBY-5A Cat.
By Phil Scott
CorsairFest
There's a lot more to the F4U than its past association with black sheep.
By Larry Lowe
Seafarers
Bathing beauties from the time when aircraft first crossed oceans.
By Illustrations by Ian Marshall
Giant Amphibian
Japan has one godzilla of a seaplane.
By Tim Wright
Chalk's Ocean Airways
Since 1919, this little airline has managed to keep its head above water
By Henry Scammell
Winner Take All
All the nail biting, second guessing, and sheer engineering brilliance in the battle to build the better Joint Strike Fighter.
By Evan Hadingham
Will the Air Force Finally Get a Spaceplane?
If Boeing's X-37 can maneuver politically as well as in space.
By Ben Iannotta
